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As Hexia immersed herself in learning various subjects at school, she suddenly realized how quickly time had passed; it was already mid-October.
After getting up, the air felt a bit chilly, so she searched for and put on a pair of thick socks before changing into the Yuanting Academy's student uniform, which featured a light coffee color with white as the primary scheme, simple yet soft in its color combination.
Once dressed and having finished washing up, Hexia went out to the balcony, where she could hear a chorus of chirping. In a spacious cage, three yellow ducklings were quacking joyfully, circled by an indigo snake watching over the little ones in its midst.
"Morning~" Hexia greeted, then started changing the paper lining in the cage and laid out fresh ones, adding water and food into the little bowls.
The three ducklings, hatched almost two weeks ago, would soon be ready for the water, her teacher had said, but for now, they'd be kept on the balcony.
